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We say it all the time “our lake…”, “my stretch of shoreline…” or “our aquifer.” There’s an obvious reason we talk about water in this way. We will always understand water quality and care for it based on what we see and do every day. Not surprisingly, protecting and restoring water can only happen when people see it as their civic responsibility, kind of like voting for elections. In this presentation, John Linc Stine, Executive Director of Freshwater, will describe how water is protected or polluted in and around Alexandria, Douglas County and the neighboring area and encourage participants to take local action for water stewardship.

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John Linc Stine

Executive Director @Freshwater

John Linc Stine joined Freshwater in March 2019, as Executive Director, following a 40-year public service career where he started as a student worker in 1978 at the MN Department of Natural Resources and worked for 25 years. He moved to the MN Department of Health in 2005 and joined the MN Pollution Control Agency in 2011, retiring in January 2019 as the longest serving MPCA commissioner.
A self-proclaimed water governance guru, he’s enforced virtually every water management law and regulation for MN’s lakes, rivers, wetlands, watersheds and groundwater. At Freshwater, John is focused on inspiring present and future generations efforts to protect, conserve and steward freshwater.
He holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Soil and Water Resource Management from the University of MN – St. Paul. He and his wife, Deb, reside in Maplewood and have two adult sons and two grandsons under the age of 3.